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Lexicon :: Strong's H457 - 'ĕlîl

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אֱלִיל
Transliteration
'ĕlîl
Pronunciation
el-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אַל (H408)
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TWOT Reference: 99a

Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'; apparently from H408; good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol:—idol, no value, thing of nought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H457 in the following manner: idol (17x), image (1x), no value (1x), things of nought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H457 in the following manner: idol (17x), image (1x), no value (1x), things of nought (1x).

  1. of nought, good for nothing, worthless

    1. of physicians, a shepherd, a divination

    2. of false gods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'; apparently from H408; good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol:—idol, no value, thing of nought.
STRONGS H457: Abbreviations
† אֱלִיל noun masculine (etymology uncertain: most probably akin to Syriac LwlAf   weak, feeble, poor; perhaps also in usage [compare b] felt to suggest אַל not; compare Che on Isaiah 2:8) insufficiency, worthlessness.
a. Zechariah 11:17 רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd, Job 13:4 רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל worthless physicians (|| טֹפְלֵי־שֶׁקֶר), Jeremiah 14:14 Qr concrete a thing nought (uttered by prophets), but here קֶסֶם אֱלִיל a worthless divinity (|| חֲזוֺן שֶׁקֶר, תַּרְמִית לִבָּם) should perhaps be read (compare Gf).
b. especially plural אֱלִילִים concrete worthless gods, idols (compare הֲבָלִים) (possibly originally an independent word = gods, compare Sabean אלאלת, & see NöSBAk 1882, p. 1191, but even if so, associated by the prophets with idea of worthlessness, & used by them in irony contrast with אֵלִים, אֱלֹהִים) Leviticus 19:4 (not to be made) Leviticus 26:1 (both H), Isaiah 2:8, 18, 20 (twice in verse) (of silver & gold), Isaiah 10:10 מַמְלְכוֺת הָאֱלִיל (collective) kingdoms of idolatrous worthlessness, Isaiah 10:11; Isaiah 19:1, 3 (of Egypt) Isaiah 31:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 30:13 (Egypt), Habakkuk 2:18 אִלְּמִים א׳ dumb idols, Psalm 96:5 (= 1 Chronicles 16:26) all the gods of the nations are א׳ vain, worthless gods Psalm 97:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:4; 26:1

1 Chronicles

16:26

Job

13:4

Psalms

96:5; 97:7

Isaiah

2:8; 2:8; 2:18; 2:20; 10:10; 10:11; 19:1; 19:3; 31:7

Jeremiah

14:14

Ezekiel

30:13

Habakkuk

2:18

Zechariah

11:17

H457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H457 matches the Hebrew אֱלִיל ('ĕlîl),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - "'You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the LORD made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the LORD made the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem's or Samaria's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said to me, "Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - "'This is what the sovereign LORD says: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the gods of Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!"
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